diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index e842459b1..dc85bc353 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ endif
 # default linux and freebsd thread stack size is 2MB
 # default windows thread stack size is 1MB
 # default OSX thread stack size is 512kB
-# unfortionally, this option isn't supported by older GCC and clang versions
+# unfortunately, this option isn't supported by older GCC and clang versions
 
 #CFLAGS                  += -Wstack-usage=524288